Hatpin



W. H'. FREDERICK.

HATPIN.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 18, 1920.

Patented Aug. 2, 1921.

m W m W/ZZSSES UNITED STATES WILLIAM H. FREDERICK, 0F EAlRlLEIG-HHEIGHTS, MARYLAND.

HATPIN.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 2, 1921.

Application filed September 18, 1920. Serial No. 411,057.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TVILLIAM H. FunnnRroK, a citizen of the UnitedStates residing at Earleigh Heights, in the count of Anne Arundel andState of Maryland, liave invented certain new and useful Improvements inHatpins, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a hatpin and has for its principal object theproduction of simple and eflicient device of this nature which may beused without marring the hat or endangering the wearer or others.

A further object of the invention is to generally improve upon hatpinsof this character by providing a device which will be of extremelysimple durable and. inexpensive construction, one which is efficient andreliable in operation, and well adapted to the purpose for which it isdesigned.

With these and other objects in view, the invention resides in certainnovel features of construction, and the combination and arrangement ofparts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the'device showing the locking member insection,

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the locking member,

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the locking member,

Fig. at is an enlarged front elevation of the central portion of thelocking member showing the outer portions broken away.

Fig. 5 is a rear elevation of the locking member showing the centralportion thereof, the outer portions being broken away, and

Fig. 6 is a centrally located fragmentary section through the lockingmember.

Referring to the drawings by numerals it will be seen that 1 designatesthe hat pin having the usual knob handle 2 upon one end and this handle2 may be of any pre ferred construction. The other end of the hatpin 1is formed so as to provide a ball 8 being somewhat pointed and a groove1 is situated between the ball 3 and the remaining portions of thehatpin 1.

The locking member 5 consists of the concavo-convex disk 6 having acentrally located aperture 7 therein and a flange extending from theouter portion thereof as indicated by the numeral 8. This flange 8 maybe either square as shown or round or of any other ornamental shape thatmay be desired. This flange 8 is also provided with a plurality ofapertures 9 so that same may be securely sewed to the hat. It should beunderstood that in the practical use of a device of this nature each hatshould be provided with a locking member 5 or if so desired means may beprovided upon the flange 8 for releasably attaching the locking member 5to the hat.

Upon the convex or other face of the locking member 5 there are situatedthe rivets 10 in spaced relation to each other so as to be upondiagrammatically opposite points from the aperture 7 and spring wires 11connect these rivets 10 as is clearly shown in Fig. 3 so as to benormally spaced from each other and so that the space therebetween willregister with the aperture 7.

Thus it will be readily understood that the pin 2 may be manipulated sothat the ball 3 may penetrate through the aperture 7 and through thespace between the wires 11 thus forcing them apart and finally engagingthe groove 4 thus holding the pin 1 in a locked position. By asmallefl'ort the pin 1 may readily be released from the locking member 5by simply pulling same but will efficiently prevent the disengagement ofthe two parts accidentally. At the same time it will be readily seenthat the ball member 3 is shaped so as to not injure the scalp shouldsame be scraped across the head of the wearer and this ball will notextend far enough from the convex face of the disk 6 as to endangerothers as is the case with the ordinary hatpin.

The above description taken in connection with the drawings illustratethe preferred embodiment of my invention and it will be readilyunderstood that numerous changes in proportion, arrangement andcombination of parts may be resorted to without departing from the scopeof my invention and I therefore do not wish to limit myself except asset forth in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new is In a device ofthe class described including a hatpin having a ball formed on oneend,'a locking member comprising a concavoconvex disk having a centrallylocated aperture, a flange extending from said disk and adapted to beattached to a hat, spaced apart wires extending across said aperture andhaving their ends fixed to the convex face of the disk.

In testimon whereof I affix my signature.

W LLIAM H. FREDERICK.

